Medical device manufacturers face tough challenges, including the demand for constant innovation, compliance with strict regulatory requirements, time-to-market pressures and intense competition. PTC's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software delivers critical content and process management capabilities that support demanding regulatory requirements, such as electronic records and signatures, document control and change control, and auditing.

GE Healthcare is using Windchill? for product lifecycle management, Pro/ENGINEER for mechanical CAD/CAM/CAE, and Arbortext? for product information delivery.  The new product development environment will enable better control of critical product information, design reuse, global collaboration and uniform design processes across different product lines.

"GE wants to change the way healthcare is delivered.  To do that, we need to change the way healthcare products are developed.  We expect PTC's software solutions will help us develop innovative products, with the goal being to reduce cost and increase ease of use," said Reaz Rasul, general manager of lean global product development, GE Healthcare.  "We're working with PTC, because of their leading software solutions, their technical expertise and their capability and commitment to execute against product development initiatives."

"PTC's success in the medical device industry reflects our commitment to working with customers such as GE Healthcare to understand and meet unique business requirements," said James E.Heppelmann, president and chief operating officer, PTC.  "PTC PLM software enables device manufacturers to optimize product development processes and deliver high quality, innovative products to market faster than before."

Today, eight of the world's top ten medical device manufacturers rely on PTC for their product solutions. Using PTC's superior PLM software, these companies are able to develop better quality, lower-cost products faster, and streamline their introduction into the marketplace.

About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.

Our "healthymagination" vision for the future invites the world to join us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com. 

About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides discrete manufacturers with software and services to meet the globalization, time-to-market and operational efficiency objectives of product development.  Using the company's PLM and CAD solutions, organizations in the Industrial, High-Tech, Aerospace and Defense, Retail and Consumer, and Medical industries are able to support key business objectives and create innovative products that meet customer needs and comply with industry regulations. For more information on PTC, please visit http://www.ptc.com.